This is extremely sad news. It is especially hard for families to expect so much of their children when they go abroad and to instead get them returned in body bags. What seems to puzzle me the most is the reason for such a proliferation in these type of tragedies. Gambians have been coming to the US for a long time and such things were very rare during most of this period. However, over the past two years, the number of gambian males lost to gun homicides has been quite alarming. Is there a reason for such a proliferation? In america black males have always died in disproportionate amounts due to gun violence. For this reason, it is quite sad to see gambian males becoming part of this statistic. I extend my condolences to his family and everyone that knew him. Yus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------